Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr. Eugene Juwah, yesterday, blamed late passage of the N6.1 billion budget for sim card registration by the National Assembly for delayed take off of the exercise.

Minister of Finance, Mr Olusegun Aganga, yesterday expressed excitement over the completion of the National Sovereign Wealth Fund, NSWF, bill and its forwarding to the National Assembly for passage into law.

Following widespread reports of child abuse over allegations of witchcraft across the country, stakeholders yesterday converged on Abuja to fashion out ways of stemming the negative trend.

There were some suggestions that the erstwhile Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida was relieved by his loss in the consensus arrangement. His loss in the view of some folks was the honourable exit required for Babangida to escape the harsh criticisms and attacks that had trailed his adventure in the political terrain.

Crime Victims Foundation of Nigeria(CRIVIFON), and Nigeria Police, Lagos State Command, over the week presented award of excellence to Vanguard Crime Editor, Emma Nnadozie, for his support and commitment to the development of Human Rights Project in Nigeria and the Lagos State Police Command in particular.

Ahead of 2011 general elections, Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri, yesterday, urged Nigerians to look beyond the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, selection criteria before casting their votes for any candidate.

THE political landscape of the state known as the Land of Promise is heating up. Akwa Ibom State has been in the news in recent times for mostly the wrong reasons.

WOULD England be complaining if it won the bid for the 2018 World Cup? It is most unlikely the English would have said some of the things they are saying about FIFA, a body that they support to the hilt.

ALL of these glaring shortfalls notwithstanding, there is much that still could and must be. And done properly this time, we will not need to spend another 50 years correcting the mistakes of the past.

A 32-year-old man, Ado Yusuf, a farmer in Arawa village, in Kirfi Local Government area of Bauchi State, would have to spend the rest 36 months of his life behind bars, as he was sentenced to three years imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Bauchi state, for vandalizing and scooping fuel from an oil pipeline.